Saturday, December 27, 2008

A Cyclone Cometh...

Readers, we have the honour of having the first stop of Elizabeth Baines whirling tour, Around the Edges of the World, with her book of short stories, Balancing on the Edge of the World.

The tour begins on January 14th, 2009: right here!

Virtual tours have been a feature of Salt Publishing since early September, and this new resource of promoting books and bringing authors to prominence is an imaginative way of using t'internet to get the message out there: books are still very much alive and kicking! It's also a fantastic way of linking up bloggers: whether literary or not.

If you haven't already checked out Elizabeth's great blog, you can do so here. Balancing on the Edge of the World is available from Salt Books. More about the tour very soon!

Barbara, great idea! Don't know Elizabeth's work but have just read her article on Anne Enright's The Gathering, which I found very interesting. Virtual tours are the way to go...looking forward to it!

Liz, her short story collection is well worth getting, you can buy direct from Salt, see the link in the post. Just as Rachel says it's varied in style, pace and content and makes a good reader demonstrating E's great writing power.

Ficts

I am an emerging poet with six kids, one partner, an MA, a portable garret and
a large food bill. I'm also a creative writing tutor, reviewer and essayist.
And I have two collections out - did I mention that? In my spare time (what's
that?) I cook.